MAGISTERIAL.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2594, 31 July 1882, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

OHBIBTOHUBOE. Monday, July 81.

Before J. Ollivier, Esq., 8.M., Messrs P, Doyle and F. Guinness, J.P.’u.]

Drunkhnnhss.—The following were fined for this offence :—Joseph Allan, £1; one man, £1; four men, each 10j ; and three men, each 6s; all in case of default to undergo the usnal terms of imprisonment, Labobny.—H. Smith was charged with stealing a hat valued at lie, the properly of W. Abernethy, barman at Klingonutein’a Hotel. He admitted taking the hat, but said it was only a lark. Sentenced to be imprisoned fur seven days.

Young Thieves. —H, Hyland, Thomas Sullivan, Harry Juris, Jos. Maoaree, Augustus O. M. and Leonard Post, boys aged from fifteen to eleven years, were charged with stealing lead, value £6, the property of Henry Barret. They pleaded guilty. The lead was new, for builders’ purposes, in sheets rolled up, the pieces weigh:ng about lowt each. It had been left in Harris’ right-of-way, and disappeared on the night of Thursday last. Some of it bad been bought from two of the boys by one Adcock, on behalf of G. P. Daye, plumber, Ao., Colombo street, who gave 21s for 3£iwt. The balance was found in the possession of Hyland and Sullivan, who were wheeling it along Colombo street. Sullivan, Augustus Post and Juris pleaded guilty to stealing oranges, valued at 6s. Augustus Post, Leonard Post and Jos. Macaiee pleaded guilty to stealing the wheelbarrow on which they conveyed away the lead. A. and O. M. Post and Juris, who had been convicted and flogged before, were ordered to receive eighteen blows, and the others twelve blows, with a birch rod. All of them, in addition, to bo imprisoned for three days at Addington. Miscellaneous. — A case against Mr MeGovorin, charged with being absent from the management of bis licensed bouse for a longer period than fourteen days, was dismissed with a caution.—The following publicans were fined for not keeping lights burning at niglit before their licensed houses :—A. H. Hardecke, Walter Daniels, P. Gillan, P. Burke, W. H. Kiddey, B. Ssarle, W. H. Messenger, and T. I, Aiken, each 3s, with 2s costs added.—Chris. Ponleeu was fined 5a for allowing a horse to wander.—Wm. Harret, a boy aged about fifteen, was fined £2 for driving an omnibus to Papanui without being licensed.—D. Keese and J. L. Scott, for neglecting to light up hoardings, lea., were lined 10s each. Thomas Patten was charged with having driven a coach over a footpath on the Ferry road. Ho was fined la. —A case against Thomas Boberts for riding over a footpath in the same locality was dismissed.—For having in their possession unregistered dogs, William Casey, Charles McCarthy, John Thompson, and O. B. Pratt were fined 10a each.— John Horner, the owner of a dog which attacked W. T. Oollover, was fined ss.—James Fraser, for allowing cattle to wander, was fined 53. Charles Tapley, for driving thirty sheep over the Cashmere estate without having first given notice of his intention to travel them that way, was fined at the rate of 6d per head for them, with costs,—Charles Andrews, for trespassing at Cashmere in pursuit of game was fined £3 —Henry Hurry, for a similar offence, was fined £4, both to pay costs.